Tangled by: Caroline Mackler

Name: Shelby

Title: Tangled

Author: Carolyn Mackler

Tangled written by Carolyn Mackler is a story of devotion, love, and persuit. Jena, Skye, Owen, and Dakota are all brought together for different reasons to Paradise, but each is left with wanting something more, and changing them forever. Paradise is a week long trip and ties each of this surprisingly different people together. Whether it was family matters, personal issues, or being forced to go the outcomes leave each of these teenagers lives tangled.

Jena, who has always been a nobody for love finally has her first touch of romance and is left to untangle the pieces of her summer romance. Skye a highly crazed aspiring actress realizes that each step she takes leads her closer and closer to who she isn't. Skye is faced with the decision that life is about being who you are, not about who the stage and the actress inside implies. Owen, a super geek who spends most of his time on blogger rather than spending time at the beach or with girls is faced with the choice that life is starting to fade away, things are happening beside and around him, and he must make a choice of whether to let his computer and introvert habits shape his being. Last, a punk named Dakota who has been on the edge and hard to communicate with since tragedy hit his life. He becomes tangled in what he's really to do about life, girls, and his choice, but mostly learn that he doesn't have to pretend to be someone he's not. Travel with each of these teenagers in a roller coaster of a summer and life at Paradise as they discover who they really are, make decisions that leave others in their footsteps, and be noticed and set apart for the first time.

Tangled, has it's ups and downs, but leaves readers wanting to see the lives of teenagers untangled. It can be easily related to the average teenage life, and the way life has it's ups and downs.

Why I picked Tangled up: I picked this novel up because of the cover mainly, and I was in the mood for something springy, which Wyoming seemed to be lacking... its amusing and fun.

I finished Tangled because: I was interested in finding out about the outcomes of Skye, Owen, Dakota, and Jena's lives.

I'd give this book to: teenage boys and girls who want to experience a little bit of teenage life, and want an emotional roller coaster that has it's ups and downs.

Ratings:
***I liked it